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Recently I was described as being dressed as an out-of-work parson”, said Prince Charles during a speech at the Master Tailors’ Benevolent Association in 1971. “Another time, I was described as one of the best-dressed men in the world. I wonder how they decide. I think they make it up in the bar.”

As he reaches his 70th birthday next week, what’s become clear over the decades he's been in the glare of the spotlight is that the Prince's style most definitely classifies him in the ranks of the latter.